Facilitating transfer of cash inventories between entities

1. A method comprising: receiving currency inventory information from a plurality of cash-points, the currency inventory information is received from a currency processing agent at each of the plurality of cash-points; receiving a currency shipment request from a first cash-point; determining at least one eligible cash-point from the plurality of cash-points based on the currency inventory information, each eligible cash-point being associated with a respective currency inventory having sufficient currency reserves to fulfill the currency shipment request; receiving an offer from each eligible cash-point, each offer indicative of an asking price for fulfilling the currency shipment request; determining a selected cash-point to fulfill the currency shipment request based on the offers received from the at least one eligible cash-point; and initiating shipment of currency from the selected cash-point to the first cash-point, wherein each currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information of each of a plurality of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for the cash-point to evaluate whether such banknotes meet a first threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in an Automated Teller Machine or a second threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in a retail location, wherein the currency shipment request further comprises: a time requirement, and a request for banknotes corresponding to one of the first threshold banknote fitness criteria and the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, and wherein determining the at least one eligible cash-point is further based on whether: each of the plurality of cash-points is able to fulfill the shipment request within the time requirement, and a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, wherein: when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, and when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets either the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining, for each eligible cash-point, a shipment mechanism for transporting currency from the respective currency inventory to the first cash-point, wherein the selected cash-point is further determined based on each shipment mechanism.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cash-point is a retail location associated with a first organization, and the selected cash-point is associated with a second organization, unaffiliated with the first organization.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the currency inventory information is received from the currency processing agent including a banknote processing device configured to analyze each banknote in each respective currency inventory for information selected from the group comprising: denomination; soil level; serial number; and authenticity, wherein the currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information based at least on soil level information analyzed by the banknote processing device.

5. A cash transfer facilitating computer configured to access a storage device, the cash transfer facilitating computer comprising: at least one processor; and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computer to perform: receiving currency inventory information from a plurality of cash-points; receiving a currency shipment request from a first cash-point in the plurality of cash-points, the currency inventory information is received from a currency processing agent at each of the plurality of cash-points; determining at least one eligible cash-point from the plurality of cash-points based on the currency inventory information, each eligible cash-point being associated with a respective currency inventory having sufficient currency reserves to fulfill the currency shipment request; receiving an offer from each eligible cash-point, each offer indicative of an asking price for fulfilling the currency shipment request; determining a selected cash-point to fulfill the currency shipment request based on the offers received from the at least one eligible cash-point; and initiating shipment of currency from the selected cash-point to the first cash-point, wherein each currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information of each of a plurality of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for the cash-point to evaluate whether such banknotes meet a first threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in an Automated Teller Machine or a second threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in a retail location, wherein the currency shipment request further comprises: a time requirement, and a request for banknotes corresponding to one of the first threshold banknote fitness criteria and the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, and wherein determining the at least one eligible cash-point is further based on whether: each of the plurality of cash-points is able to fulfill the shipment request within the time requirement, and a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, wherein: when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, and when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets either the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria.

6. The cash transfer facilitating computer of claim 5 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computer to perform: determining, for each eligible cash-point, a shipment mechanism for transporting currency from the respective currency inventory to the first cash-point, wherein the selected cash-point is further determined based on each shipment mechanism.

7. The cash transfer facilitating computer of claim 5 , wherein the first cash-point is a retail location associated with a first organization, and the selected cash-point is associated with a second organization, unaffiliated with the first organization.

8. The cash transfer facilitating computer of claim 5 , wherein the currency inventory information is received from the currency processing agent including a banknote processing device configured to analyze each banknote in each respective currency inventory for information from the group comprising: denomination; soil level; serial number; and authenticity, wherein the currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information based at least on soil level information analyzed by the banknote processing device.

9. A computer program product facilitating transfer of cash inventory, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising: computer-readable program code configured to receive currency inventory information from a plurality of cash-points, the currency inventory information is received from a currency processing agent at each of the plurality of cash-points; computer-readable program code configured to receive a currency shipment request from a first cash-point in the plurality of cash-points; computer-readable program code configured to determine at least one eligible cash-point from the plurality of cash-points based on the currency inventory information, each eligible cash-point being associated with a respective currency inventory having sufficient currency reserves to fulfill the currency shipment request; computer-readable program code configured to receive an offer from each eligible cash-point, each offer indicative of an asking price for fulfilling the currency shipment request; computer-readable program code configured to determine a selected cash-point to fulfill the currency shipment request based on the offers received from the at least one eligible cash-point; and computer-readable program code configured to initiate shipment of currency from the selected cash-point to the first cash-point, wherein each currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information of each of a plurality of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for the cash-point to evaluate whether such banknotes meet a first threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in an Automated Teller Machine or a second threshold banknote fitness criteria corresponding to use in a retail location, wherein the currency shipment request further comprises: a time requirement, and a request for banknotes corresponding to one of the first threshold banknote fitness criteria and the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, and wherein determining the at least one eligible cash-point is further based on whether: each of the plurality of cash-points is able to fulfill the shipment request within the time requirement, and a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, wherein: when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets the first threshold banknote fitness criteria, and when the request corresponds to banknotes corresponding to the second threshold banknote fitness criteria, whether a sufficient number of banknotes in the respective currency inventory for each of the plurality of cash-points meets either the first threshold banknote fitness criteria or the second threshold banknote fitness criteria.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium further comprises: computer-readable program code configured to determine, for each eligible cash-point, a shipment mechanism for transporting currency from the respective currency inventory to the first cash-point, wherein the selected cash-point is further determined based on each shipment mechanism.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the first cash-point is a retail location associated with a first organization, and the selected cash-point is associated with a second organization, unaffiliated with the first organization.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the currency inventory information is received from the currency processing agent including a banknote processing device configured to analyze each banknote in each respective currency inventory for information from the group comprising: denomination; soil level; serial number; and authenticity, wherein the currency processing agent is configured to analyze banknote fitness quality information based at least on soil level information analyzed by the banknote processing device.